Note to Carjackers: Avoid Mercedes Cars

"For all the feet on the
street chasing the suspects in the Boston Marathon bombing, a key break
came when the victim who was carjacked and released by the Tsarnaev
brothers on April 19 told the cops his Mercedes could be tracked with
one quick call to Mercedes-Benz. They called and an hour later the
police had the vehicle surrounded. A shootout ensued and when it was
over, older brother Tamerlan Tsarnaev was dead, apparently either from
gunshot wounds or being run over by his brother.

Boston police
aren’t saying much. Mercedes-Benz provided a few details, since the
general workings of its mbrace2 telematics system are well-known and
described on the Mercedes-Benz USA website. Mercedes’ mbrace is a telematics application best-known for upgradable over the air (OTA) updates, without the need for a dealer visit."